Psycho - Headless Horsemen MC novel Chapter 59

- Harley -

"Why don't we play a game while we wait for them to get back," Shelby says as she skims through the board games that Jax had brought to keep me entertained, "Monopoly?" She asks turning around holding the box, "Be prepared for your ass to be handed to you" I say as I walk over to the kitchen island. We sit down on the stools opposite each other and set up the game.

Betty and Poppy are upstairs with the doc and his assistants set up a makeshift infirmary in one of the spare rooms, 2 prospects are outside doing the rounds of the compound and the others are stationed around the outside of the house.

"Wait we need snacks," I say standing up and making my way towards the cupboard, I dig through and find some chips and chocolate to eat, "Do you want a drink?" I ask placing everything on the island next to us, "Just water" She replies looking up at me smiling, I nod my head and get her a glass of water and a coffee for me.

"You're not supposed to drink coffee" Shelby says in a sing-song voice, I roll my eyes and pour the coffee into my cup, "And you're not supposed to piss off a pregnant woman, besides the doctor told me a littles okay" I say shrugging my shoulders as I take a sip from my mug. We begin the game and as I said I'm kicking ass.

"Give me the $400" I say giving her a stern look she squints her eyes at me and puts on what I can only assume is her angry face, "No I can't afford it" She says still staring at me. "Well give me a property that equals it" I reply folding my hands over my chest with a smirk on my face, "No, I'm not letting you win!" She yells at me standing up and throwing her hands in the air, "Shelby it's one property you still have like 6".

"You two really fighting over who wins?" Bettys' voice comes from the doorway into the kitchen startling both of us, "Jesus Betty don't sneak up on me like that, I'll have a heart attack" Shelby says holding her hand over her heart. "I need to buy you a fucking bell so I can hear you sneak up," I say sitting back down on the chair, "Float like a feather, sting like a bee," She says as she walks over to us.

Shelby groans and holds onto the side of her stomach, "You good Little Red?" I ask watching her face twist in pain. "I've had Braxton hicks for the past 3 weeks, this one's just a little stronger than what im used too," She says softly. "Well you better fold your legs over one another and squeeze, you cant drop your cubs here," I say jokingly, "That's not how it works Harley" Betty replies.

"That's how it's working tonight" I take the last mouthful of my drink and rinse the cup out in the sink, I hear a loud trickle of water hitting the floor I look around to see if I have spilt anything to be making the noise but nothing, "Where the fuck is that noise coming from?" I yell.

I turn around to see that both Betty and Shelby's faces have dropped and both of their eyes and looking at the ground underneath Shelby, "Don't" I say taking one step closes to them. Shelby's eyes meet mine and they're full of tears. "Don't say it" I say holding my hands up infront of me, this is not good, this is not fucking good at all.

"We need to get her to the hospital," Betty says flustered, "We can't" I say looking back to Shleby who is now shaking like a leaf. "I need to go Harley" she cries out, I walk over to her and slowly move her away from the puddle underneath her, "Betty go get the doc, we will see how far along you are and how fast you're progressing and make our decision then," I say stilling looking into Shelby's eyes.

Shelby hesitantly nods and Betty scurries up the stairs, "We need to get you somewhere comfortable" I mumble as I walk her towards the couch, I sit her down and lay her on her back. "Do you need anything?" I ask standing up to walk away, her hand's grips onto my wrist and stops me.

"Please don't leave" She says softly as tears fall down her cheeks, I nod my head and sit down on the couch next to her again. Another contraction makes her scream out in pain, I hold onto her hand and attempt to soothe her but I don't think it's doing anything "Harley stop patting my head I'm not a fucking cat" She yells gripping onto her stomach.

"I don't know what to fucking do so accept my love you whore, I like it when Jax does it to me" I yell back, Betty, Poppy and the doc come rushing down the stairs, "Did you just call her a whore?!" Betty roars, "It's just what we do Betty, now someone fucking help me" She screams as another contraction hits her, why are they so close together? The birth books didn't say anything about this.

The doctor begins to examine her, his face twists up in confusion. "How long between contractions?" He asks looking up to me, "How the fuck am I supposed to know?" I ask frantically. The contraction eases off, the doc looks down to his watch and waits for the next one, 2 minutes later the next one hits. "How long have you been having these pains?" He asks rolling his sleeves up, "Aye what the fuck are you doing?" Shelby asks perching herself up on her elbows.

"How long?" He asks again more sternly, "A few weeks but they have only been slightly painful for the past 2 days," She says breathlessly. "You're 8 centimetres dilated, I'm guessing this was a slow starting labour. Most women are sent to hospital at 5 centimetres dilated, you need to make a decision now, are you going to the hospital or having these babies here?" He asks.

"I'm supposed to have a c section, the last ultrasound they were both breached," She says looking to the doc before looking up at me, "I'll call Jax" I stand up and pull out my phone. I walk into the hallway and wait as his phone rings, "Come on, come, on come on, pick up" I mumble as I listen to the phone continue to call out, "Fuck fuck fuck" I swear under my breath.

Finally, on the last ring he answers out of breath. "What's going on kitten" He rushes out, "Shelby's in labour, we need to get her to the hospital" I quickly spit out, the screams of Shelby in the background speed up my heart rate. He calls over Gunner but I can't hear what they're saying it's muffled by the sounds of bike engines in the background.

"Alright listen, I need you to stay there until I call you back, I can't risk you's going out yet" He pauses for a second, " Please don't go, make sure you have doc with you and if it gets too bad get an ambulance, but don't you fucking drive or leave unless its on the back of my bike or in the back of the fucking ambulance Harley I mean it" He yells over the sound of his engine, the tone of his voice leaving no room for arguments.

"Fuck fine! Be safe, I love you and fucking hurry up and tell Gunner to get his shit together" I growl into the speaker, "I love you too, see you soon" He hangs up the phone and I want to throw up this is too much, Shelby screams continue to fill the house bouncing off the walls and down the hallway. I walk back into the room and take a deep breath, "Poppy call an ambulance, doc prepair for delivery in case it doesn't arrive in time" Poppy runs into the kitchen to call them and doc runs upstairs to get his equipment and nurses.

"Can we go?" She asks weakly, I nod my head and smile sitting back down next to her. "Just need to wait for the ambulance Little Red" I say trying to remain calm when in fact I am freaking the fuck out. "What if it doesn't come in time, I cant do this Harley, I can't" She cries, "It's going to be fine, I promise. It will come in time, I won't let anything happen to you or those babies okay? But you need to trust everyone here" She nods her head, her teary eyes still looking into mine.